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Is Algae-based Biofuel an Energy Game Changer? Author: Devon Bass Published: December 19, 2011 at 10:26 am Algae is one surprising potential energy source that is showing great promise. It has gained recent media attention as the U.S Navy has announced plans to test the use of algae biofuel in one of its cargo ships. Unlike oil which is only found in underground deposits in certain parts of the world, algae grows in abundance all over the globe. Approximately half of algae’s weight is comprised of lipid oil can be converted into biodiesel. Biodiesel burns more cleanly and efficiently than petroleum.

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 05, 2011 PHILIPPINES Jatropha as alternative fuel a bust BY JOHN LOURENZE POQUIZ The government is set to abandon its program of promoting jatropha as an alternative fuel source, an official said.

English 한국어 Algae eyed as next biofuel source in RP by '08 Updated April 2, 2007 | Iloilo City, Philippines Roxas City – After sugarcane, coconut, jatropha, cassava and sweet sorghum, here comes algae. The PNOC Alternative Fuels Corp. may introduce the use of biodiesel from algae next year, saying it is about to enter talks with a US-based firm engaged in algae technology on how to derive and market biodiesel from algae. PNOC-AFC president and CEO Peter Anthony A. Abaya on Wednesday said the company would be talking middle of next month with the firm. He declined to name the US firm. The US ecotechnology company, he said, is rapidly becoming an industry leader in the renewable energy market and is pioneering the algae-to-biofuel technology. “We are not only looking at jatropha as a potential source of biodiesel but we are also working at the science of deriving biodiesel from algae," Abaya said. Abaya...